smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sown up the 2024 gop nomination, or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion, but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan in the wall street journal writing this week, i refuse to see the story is over. the voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, the new york times wrote, the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steadily gaining in the polls and historically there s a lot of precedent for surging candidates to keep gaining, especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire, which is second up, will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary, and according to data released yesterday from gallup, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. the rs and ds are tied at 27. it ties a record for an independent showing, making them the largest
record numbers of migrants crossing the u.s. border, a dire humanitarian crisis. the lead starts right now. with border crossings at an all-time high, the biden administration warns times ahead will likely get even worse now that a key immigration policy that had been used to turn away migrants has expired. the scenes at the u.s.-mexico border today as we learned of two u.s. migrant children who died in u.s. custody. all this as the debt crisis intensifies. we won t in some cases be able to pay our troops. the impact as the nation gets closer to defaulting and not being able to pay its bills. plus, surrendered. a u.s. marine veteraning himself in on manslaughter charges after holding a new york street artist in a deadly choke hold on a new york city subway. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start today in our world leader with theen anxiety and uncertainty at the u.s.-mexico border. record numbers of migrants are entering the u.s. including near
Presidents? well, you know, the border policy has been subject to an immense amount of litigation, and so we ve had judges giving federal judges giving orders in different directions. you know, we have to remember that barack obama deported more migrants than donald trump in his first four years in office. so the trump policy was not that great. up until title 42, the pandemic-era policy was rescinded by court order, biden deported 500,000 migrants. so it s not as clean-cut as k.w. would have us believe. but i do think he s right, if this crisis is allowed to perpetuate, it will hurt president biden s re-election opportunities, and i think that s what the gop wants. chris tomlin son, thank you o much for being here. appreciate your expertise.
Presidents? well, you know, the border policy has been subject to an immense amount of litigation. and so we ve had judges giving federal judges giving orders in different directions. you know, we have to remember that barack obama deported more migrants than donald trump in his first four years in office. so the trump policy was not that great. up until title 42, the pandemic era policy was rescinded by court order, biden deported 500,000 migrants. so it is not as clean cut as kw would have us believe, but i do think he s right. if this crisis is allowed to perpetuate, it will hurt president biden s re-election opportunities and i think that that is what the gop wants. chris tomlinson, thank you for being here. appreciate your expertise. thank you, michael.